Body Fat 4.6%

Men are prone to storing fat around the abdomen area. Men who gain fat in the abdomen region are at a greater risk for developing serious health problems than men who gain fat in other areas of the body.

4.6% Body Fat women - Essential fat

Essential Fat

Athletes

Fitness

Acceptable

Obese

Women are prone to storing fat around the buttocks and thighs (pear-shaped). Too little body fat can lead to problems with reproduction and too much fat increases the risk of many diseases.

4.6% Body Fat Men

Excess body fat places a load on the body and can be a health risk for men, depending on the percentage of body fat.

Men tend to gain body fat in the belly region, and this places them at a higher risk for heart disease.

Knowing what is the normal fat percentage and staying within that range will promote overall health and lower the risk of disease.

A body fat percentage of 4.6 is characterized by extreme vascularity, so that veins are visible over just about every muscle in the body. There is clear separation between muscles, and striations visible on almost every muscle.

The buttocks even has striations, some vascularity, with little fat. If your buttocks doesn’t have any body fat, you’ve got very low body fat!

Some bodybuilders can drop as low as 3 or 4% body fat when preparing for bodybuilding competitions.

Essential fat for a man is around 2%, which is the basic amount of fat a man needs for the body to function.

4.6% Body Fat Women

To know our body fat percentage, as well as the minimum essential fat percentage can be useful if we are trying to lose weight.

Since our goal is usually losing fat, monitoring our body fat percentage shows us how successful we are.

If most our weight loss efforts are through increased exercise, just checking our weight might not be useful. We might actually gain weight, as muscles are heavier than fat.

A body fat percentage of 4.6 in a woman is an extremely low body fat level typically attained by female bodybuilders.

Essential fat for women is round 8-10% compared to 2% for men. Why the difference? Women have more fat in breast tissue and the area surrounding the uterus.

This level of body fat is not considered safe, or healthy for women who will be unable to menstruate.

Striations of muscle, separation between muscles, clear vascularity are all noticeable at this level.

Calculate your body fat percentage

Percent body fat is the percentage of fat your body contains.

Exact body fat percentage cannot be precisely determined, but multiple methods are used to estimate it. You can use our body fat calculator to estimate your body fat percentage: